DEFINITIONAdvertisementBut what exactly is a digital signature? A digital signature is NOT your manual signature scribbled on paper and scanned into your document. That would be a soft copy of your analogue signature and is far removed from what is known as a digital signature. A digital signature on the other hand must posses the property known as ‘non-repudiation’ which essentially allows one to prove beyond reasonable doubt that a digital message must have originated from you. One of these elements is known as the Certificate Authority, an entity that manages the various digital public and private keys that relate to the different actors who are need of a digital signature.

Source: Daily Nation July 21, 2020 11:48 UTC